Understand How to Pray, and Why.
Find Out Which God Will Answer.
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How I did it: I am quite taken with the latest tool I’ve found in my quest for spiritual discipline. The podcast from divineoffice.org offers wonderful readings of the hours. I adore their use of music throughout the podcast both incidentally under some of the prayers as well as at the time of the hymn. A bell chimes at the beginning and end calling the soul to prayer. I was reminded sweetly of praying with monks when on retreat. They pray with feeling and expression as I pray when alone. The form of prayer in community usually lacks such expression for sake of unity. Indeed the different voices praying together sounded hokey when I first listened, but when I joined them in prayer with my own voice, I joined the community of faith everywhere. It was as if that handful of praying voices was suddenly intimate to me. Then there was the silence. I was not rushed through, there were times of savoring the presence of God in our prayers together – times I do not often enough afford myself when praying alone. Having this podcast readily available on my computer and ipod will remove one more hindrance to praying the hours I find so dulcet.
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And I don’t know the right prayers or the Book of Common prayer. But I want to pray 7 times a day to make God par5t of every part of my life. Once I get the habit, then I would like to explore traditional prayers and services… I feel like I missed out a little being raised non-denominational.
If this goal is incompatible with getting a BA. I have no time for anything more than maybe Morning and Evening prayers and pre communion prayers. Bummed.
at the coffee shop today I prayed Lauds and The office of reading. I have found it refreshing and remarkably easy to keep up with. Its nice having it on my pda with avantgo and universalis.
I watched Born Without a Face last night. Like other TLC stories, this one touched my emotions. I felt love for Juliana through her parents. It was like she was Ella and I was hugging and kissing her before a surgery. I think there is something sacramental about putting yourself in the place of another. Perhaps that is why I like acting. After watching the show I had to give the kids an ardent good night kiss and hug them, though they were asleep already.
I also felt I had to pray. The emotions and images wouldn’t leave me alone. I got on universalis and prayed compline. Ray Orth sent me an email asking me how the hours were going, and I had to admit since my Lent book ran out, I haven’t tried much. This Sunday night, last night and now twice today universalis has been a joy and succor to my soul. I’ve missed praying the psalms.
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